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CSS Build a Responsive Website Creating a Fluid Foundation Creating Flexible Margins

Posted by Clifford Cashatt
Clifford Cashatt
5,056 Points

Is anyone else having trouble with Task #2 in this code challenge?

The challenge question is:

Using .cake as your context, convert the margins on .filling from pixels to percentages,

It seems that the task should yield an answer of "margin: 1,56%;. I derived at my answer by using 10 (margin of .filling) / 640px (original pixel width of .cake) = .015625 after moving the decimal I get 1.56% as the new margin value. However, that creates a "bummer" message.

2 Answers

Philip Benton
Philip Benton
1,378 Points
Philip Benton
Philip Benton
1,378 Points

You have rounded the answer which you do not need to do, i.e you have dropped the last 2 digits.

The answer should be 1.5625%

10 / 640 = 0.015625 * 100 = 1.5625%

Clifford Cashatt
Clifford Cashatt
5,056 Points
Clifford Cashatt
Clifford Cashatt
5,056 Points

Thanks Philip!

Philip Benton
Philip Benton
1,378 Points
Philip Benton
Philip Benton
1,378 Points

You're welcome, don't forget to mark this as answered.